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Australia: Telstra outage stops trains, blocks emergency calls

The failure at Australia’s largest telecommunications company underscores the dangers created by decades of privatisation, subordinating vital public infrastructure to the profit interests of big business.

Telstra Outage Update: Triple Zero Calls Hit By Secondary Fault After 'Fix'

Telstra is under severe pressure in Australia after admitting that a secondary fault hit Triple Zero calls even after it claimed that a major network outage had been resolved. The Telstra outage, which began in the early hours of 8 July, knocked out mobile and data services nationwide, disrupted rail operations and left some emergency calls failing to connect. By 9 July, the company said most services were back up and running, and a new fix was …

Real impact of Telstra’s nationwide outage

Potentially millions of Australians were affected after the country’s largest telco suffered a major outage. Here’s how it impacted everyday lives.

Australia rail services resuming after Telstra outage

Australian Rail Track Corporation uses Telstra’s 4G network to communicate with train drivers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Disruption continues after Telstra outage

Rail disruption in NSW and Victoria caused by the Telstra outage rolls into day two.

Telstra outage highlights ‘sobering reality’ of vulnerable tech we depend on

‘A deliberate, sustained attack on a provider like Telstra would not need to compromise every system to cause severe economic damage.’